Typically, when it comes to most children and youth textbooks on mental health, they too heavily revolve around diagnostic criteria, say a group of Alberta educators.
That gap drove Patricia Kostouros, Michelle Briegel and Brenda Thompson to take a different approach with two books launched on Nov. 22 at Mount Royal University.
Kostouros and Briegel teach in the department of child studies and social work at Mount Royal University, while Brenda Thompson teaches at MacEwan University.